How to get your workspace organised

I work from home, as many people do – but even if you don’t, keeping your workspace tidy can be a complete pain. In our old house, I had a massive room with loads of cupboards, drawers and shelves. However in this house we currently live in, I’m really pushed for space. When we first moved in, I was determined to keep the space organised…

…however we’ve now been here 6 months and it’s not quite as neat as I would like…

As you can see, I have very little storage space and so everything ends up a little thrown around. The room to the right is a conservatory and my fabric mostly lives in there… until it lives on the floor.

One of the things that clutters my table the most, is scraps of paper, notes, orders and so on. Though I have a tiny little cork noticeboard, a big magnetic whiteboard would probably work wonders. This way I could organise my thoughts and write them down, plus attach scraps of paper with magnets to keep everything in the same place. I think the wall to the left would be great for this.

I think perhaps some little shelves on the table might be good too, or an inbox/outbox stack. This would help tidy the little bits and also the temporary bits. I currently have three pen pots on the table as well, one with my tools of the trade. There are several pairs of scissors, precision knife, ruler etc. I think a magnetic knife rack would work really well to organise those and move things off my table space.Finally and most importantly I think I need some more cupboard space. I have one in the conservatory filled with plain cottons, then two boxes in my room filled with patterned cottons. A good size cupboard or even some shelving could help to get things organised. As my workspace is also the dinning room (it joins the kitchen and lounge), I think cupboard space would be best as it would help it look tidier and shut away. I only have a very small gap so it would need to be something fairly narrow like this storage cupboard from IKEA.